Source: “Ahkam wa Masail in the Light of the Qur’an and Hadith”, Volume 02
Referenced from: Fatawa Thanaiyyah, Volume 1, Page 321
As-Salāmu ʿAlaikum wa Rahmatullāhi wa Barakātuh
Is it permissible to construct a mosque within a graveyard out of necessity?
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has strictly prohibited performing prayers in graveyards, and therefore, there is no justification for constructing a mosque in such a location.
In fact, the Prophet ﷺ cursed those who build mosques over graves. This is evident from the following Hadith:
قال رسول اللّٰه صلى الله عليه وسلم:
«لَعَنَ اللّٰهُ الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى اتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسَاجِدَ»
“Allah cursed the Jews and Christians who took the graves of their prophets as places of worship.”
— (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim)
This Hadith makes it explicitly clear that building mosques within or over graveyards is a condemned act and subject to divine curse, as it is a practice of previous nations that was prohibited in Islam.
Thus, constructing a mosque in a graveyard is not permissible, and those who do so fall under the condemnation mentioned in the Hadith.
والله تعالى أعلم بالصواب
And Allah, the Exalted, knows best what is correct.
Referenced from: Fatawa Thanaiyyah, Volume 1, Page 321❖ Question:
As-Salāmu ʿAlaikum wa Rahmatullāhi wa Barakātuh
Is it permissible to construct a mosque within a graveyard out of necessity?
❖ Answer:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has strictly prohibited performing prayers in graveyards, and therefore, there is no justification for constructing a mosque in such a location.
In fact, the Prophet ﷺ cursed those who build mosques over graves. This is evident from the following Hadith:
قال رسول اللّٰه صلى الله عليه وسلم:
«لَعَنَ اللّٰهُ الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى اتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسَاجِدَ»
“Allah cursed the Jews and Christians who took the graves of their prophets as places of worship.”
— (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim)
This Hadith makes it explicitly clear that building mosques within or over graveyards is a condemned act and subject to divine curse, as it is a practice of previous nations that was prohibited in Islam.
Thus, constructing a mosque in a graveyard is not permissible, and those who do so fall under the condemnation mentioned in the Hadith.
والله تعالى أعلم بالصواب
And Allah, the Exalted, knows best what is correct.
